The SDC-M track includes courses in construction engineering and management and introduces advanced modeling and visualization methods and tools known as virtual design and construction.
This track prepares technically qualified students for responsible engineering and management roles in all phases of the development of major constructed facilities. It emphasizes management techniques useful in organizing, planning and controlling the activities of diverse specialists working within the unique project environment of the construction industry, and it covers construction engineering aspects of heavy, industrial and building construction.
SDC-M offers courses in:
- Building systems
- Construction administration
- Construction law
- Project finance
- Accounting
- Real estate development
- Structural design
- HVAC design and construction
- Equipment and methods
- Estimating
- International construction
- Labor relations
- Managing human resources
- Planning and control techniques
- Productivity improvement
- Project and company organizations
Additional related course work is available from other programs within the department, from other engineering departments and from other schools in the university such as Earth Sciences and the Graduate School of Business. The SDC-M program allows students substantial flexibility to tailor their program of study for careers with general contractors, specialty contractors, real estate or infrastructure developers, or facility owners and operators.
